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Future Midsize Ram Pickup To Be Built In Toledo Alongside Jeep Scrambler

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The number of midsize pickup trucks offered by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in North America will soon go from zero to two, as Jeep prepares to introduce its first pickup truck since the CJ-8 “Scrambler” of the early- to mid-1980s, and Ram readies its first midsize pickup in North America since the 2011 Ram Dakota. According to a recent report from Automotive News, it seems that both the new Jeep Scrambler and the future midsize Ram pickup will be assembled at the same FCA facility in Toledo, Ohio, making it all the more likely that the two trucks will share a common platform.

That bit of information was acquired via several supplier sources, the outlet says. FCA’s Toledo Assembly Complex comprises both North and South plants, the former of which has been churning out examples of the all-new Jeep Wrangler JL since last November, and the latter of which will handle assembly of the Jeep Scrambler pickup and, reportedly, the new Ram midsize truck.

The forthcoming Jeep “Scrambler” midsize pickup truck.

FCA’s decision to kill off its midsize Dakota came just a year before Ford made the same call with its similarly-sized Ranger in North America. But after the runaway success that General Motors has had with the midsize Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, both FCA and Ford have decided to bring back their own smaller, light-duty truck offerings. All five trucks – Colorado, Canyon, Ranger, Jeep Scrambler, and Ram’s midsizer – will compete with the likes of the Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma, and Honda Ridgeline.

About half of the Toledo Assembly Complex has been shut down for retooling since April of this year, which is when Jeep produced the last of its JK Wranglers. According to Automotive News, production capacity proved to be about 230k JK Wranglers per year, but since the forthcoming Jeep Scrambler is expected to sell in smaller numbers, the plant would be underutilized if not for the future midsize Ram pickup.

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Hopefully, it will revive the Dakota name and prayerfully the keep with their psychotic Dodge trend of being overtly extreme. With the Dakota, I would hope for an R/T variant, an SRT-392 “WARLOCK” variant, a Rebel-style off road variant, an SXT convertible, a top of the line luxury Limited, and a work truck variant. In a world of mostly boring American small trucks, The Dodge would be the one to stand out in a good way.
Something else i’d love to see Dodge do is move the Charger to a 2-door car and drop the Challenger. That doesn’t mean make the charger smaller, it needs to still retain its size but loose two doors. It still needs to remain a fastback style, swooping coke-bottle shape and scalloped sides but with only two doors. With the Charger being a larger 2-door car on the updated frame, it would still be competitive with the Mustang and Camaro but it would be more on par with the new BMW 8-series as far as size, which isn’t a bad thing at all. The new car would have a wider track than the mustang or camaro and the car can handle wide tires without much modification so to put a 295-series tire on the car wouldn’t be a stretch. As far as power is concerned v8 all the way with a new 5.9L Magnum V8 that has the Apache heads, intake manifold, 80mm throttle body, cold air induction, an improved set of Apache style manifolds with longer (tuned-length runners & a collector designed for scavenging) factory high flow cats and a high flow SRT style exhaust system. Of course above that should be the 717hp Hellcat and the 797HP Hellcat Red eye (which should be renamed Daytona) would be at the top of the food chain. This would be a better, more aerodynamic car to serve as a direct challenger to the Mustang and Camaro.
If Dodge wants to continue a sedan, Dodge Still has the Monaco name plate. It’s time to bring back the cars of old with V8 engines and rear drive chassis, The Coronet, the Charger, the Monaco, the Polara, the Aspen, the Ramcharger, the Warlock, a Dude pickup truck trim & a Street Van. The Coronet should take the place of the Challenger as a squared off retro-style muscle car 2-door while the Polara & Monaco should take over as the full size muscle cars and one should take over as the more luxury variant as Chrysler could fade out of the picture. The Aspen would be a 2-door, rear wheel drive based all-wheel drive 4-seat performance coupe with the 505hp twin turbo V6 from Alfa Romeo and be the spiritual successor of not only the Aspen cars but of the Daytona IROC and Daytona R/T cars of the early 90’s. Of course the Viper would return as a 2-seater 797hp hot rod sports car and the Dodge Street Van would basically be the Pacifica but infused with more Dodge Charger attitude and built on a rear-drive chassis with all wheel drive. There should also be cars like the old dodge stealth and avenger as well